TUNISIA VS GHANA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	GHANA		TUNISIA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Influenza and Pneumonia	1	5,665	7	1,912	+ 3,753
Stroke	2	5,282	2	8,509	- 3,228
Coronary Heart Disease	3	4,913	1	20,658	- 15,746
HIV/AIDS	4	4,725	32	261	+ 4,464
Malaria	5	3,888	73	0	+ 3,888
Tuberculosis	6	3,558	41	136	+ 3,422
Road Traffic Accidents	7	2,720	6	1,928	+ 791
Low Birth Weight	8	2,321	14	924	+ 1,397
Diarrhoeal diseases	9	2,278	40	184	+ 2,093
Birth Trauma	10	2,158	22	436	+ 1,722
Liver Disease	11	2,109	11	1,313	+ 796
Diabetes Mellitus	12	2,065	9	1,773	+ 293
Kidney Disease	13	1,450	4	2,574	- 1,124
Congenital Anomalies	14	1,371	12	980	+ 390
Lung Disease	15	1,087	10	1,754	- 667
Meningitis	16	1,039	46	86	+ 953
Liver Cancer	17	993	29	360	+ 633
Other Injuries	18	847	27	372	+ 475
Hypertension	19	777	3	2,824	- 2,047
Cervical Cancer	20	753	38	201	+ 551
Suicide	21	694	26	383	+ 311
Maternal Conditions	22	694	47	83	+ 610
Asthma	23	689	16	665	+ 24
Endocrine Disorders	24	684	31	285	+ 399
Breast Cancer	25	675	15	781	- 106
Malnutrition	26	651	60	24	+ 627
Violence	27	647	24	410	+ 237
Inflammatory/Heart	28	563	30	298	+ 264
Alzheimers & Dementia	29	451	5	2,507	- 2,057
Falls	30	407	21	445	- 38
Prostate Cancer	31	359	23	417	- 58
Lymphomas	32	305	18	616	- 312
Stomach Cancer	33	303	19	583	- 280
Colon-Rectum Cancers	34	280	13	971	- 692
Pertussis	35	259	52	40	+ 219
Drownings	36	258	43	122	+ 136
Fires	37	254	37	202	+ 52
Ovary Cancer	38	243	39	192	+ 51
Drug Use	39	219	34	235	- 16
Poisonings	40	182	48	81	+ 101
Syphilis	41	168	61	18	+ 150
Oral Cancer	42	168	35	232	- 64
Parkinson's Disease	43	135	20	469	- 334
Encephalitis	44	124	53	38	+ 87
Leukemia	45	118	25	385	- 267
Pancreas Cancer	46	116	28	361	- 245
Epilepsy	47	115	45	101	+ 14
Peptic Ulcer Disease	48	112	33	237	- 125
Oesophagus Cancer	49	99	44	109	- 10
Skin Disease	50	92	51	41	+ 51
Schistosomiasis	51	89	63	8	+ 82
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	89	42	123	- 34
Bladder Cancer	53	85	17	654	- 568
Alcohol	54	85	55	31	+ 54
Lung Cancers	55	83	8	1,849	- 1,766
Tetanus	56	77	56	26	+ 51
Uterin Cancer	57	76	50	46	+ 30
Skin Cancers	58	75	36	214	- 139
Appendicitis	59	51	58	25	+ 26
Measles	60	47	78	0	+ 47
Multiple Sclerosis	61	39	54	33	+ 6
Hepatitis B	62	35	49	70	- 34
Other Neoplasms	63	17	59	24	- 7
War	64	10	57	25	- 15
Hepatitis C	65	10	65	1	+ 9
Upper Respiratory	66	6	66	1	+ 5
Rheumatoid Arthritis	67	6	62	9	- 4
Ascariasis	68	4	67	1	+ 4
Diphtheria	69	1	69	0	+ 1
Chlamydia	70	1	68	0	+ 1
Dengue	71	0	76	0	+ 0
Otitis Media	72	0	70	0	+ 0
Leprosy	73	0	71	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	74	0	77	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	75	0	75	0	- 0
Chagas disease	76	0	72	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	77	0	64	3	- 3
Trypanosomiasis	78	0	74	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	79	0	79	0	- 0
Depression	80	0	83	0	- 0
Schizophrenia	81	0	84	0	- 0
Vitamin A Deficiency	82	0	86	0	- 0
Anemia	83	0	85	0	- 0
Osteoarthritis	84	0	81	0	- 0
Prostatic Hypertrophy	85	0	80	0	- 0
Oral conditions	86	0	82	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to TUNISIA

Ghana

Tunisia

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.